Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Portugal/Germany, was: Leica 24mm Lenses
From: Lucien_vD <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 12:27:19 -0500
 
At 06:52 PM 1/24/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Was the R7 also built in Portugal?  Were any R7's built in Solms?

Eric Welch answered:

>I believe they moved the R7 production from Portugal to Solms, but I mig=
ht
>be mistaken. Maybe they moved production to Solms at the start up of the=

R7? =


The production of the R cameras switched from Portugal to Germany during
the last years of the R5. Around Photokina 1988 I guess, as for the M6.

Lucien
BELGIUM